This is a list of the names of broad gauge railway locomotives built in the United Kingdom during the heyday of that gauge (which ended in that country by 1892 with the final triumph of standard gauge). Throughout the history of

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s many locomotives have been named (just as many have been numbered, and many have borne both a name and a number), but Britain's Great Western Railway, the prime exponent of the broad gauge, was noted for being an enthusiastic namer throughout its long existence, and perhaps less interested in numbering - although all locomotives carried numbers. The name of the first locomotive of a batch was often the name by which the whole class was known, such as ''Fire Fly'' or ''Victoria''. As with other named locomotives, broad-gauge ones drew their names from a wide variety of sources. As well as the many names from

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and other

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, locomotives were named after famous people,

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s, and

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features, as well as imagery suggestive of speed and power: *Mythology –

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Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He wa ...

, Peri,

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*Famous people – Brunel,

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, Iron Duke,

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

*Literature – Ivanhoe, Mazeppa,

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, Ulysses *Flora and fauna – Bee, Hawk,

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, Shamrock,

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*Towns –

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

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, Swindon,

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*Geography –

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, Hecla,

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, Stromboli, Yeo There are several rivers called

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, and three of them are in the area where the

North Devon Railway The North Devon Railway was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming part of the London and South Western Railway's system. Originally planned as a broad ga ...

(7-foot gauge) operated. *Speed- and power-imagery –

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, Fire Ball,

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Key This list covers the broad gauge locomotives of the following railways: * BGR - Bristol and Gloucester Railway * CCR - Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway * GWR - Great Western Railway * LVR -

Llynvi Valley Railway In 1861 the Llynvi Valley Railway was opened in Glamorganshire, Wales, to convey mineral products to the Bristol Channel at Porthcawl. It adopted an earlier tramroad, the Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway. The Llynvi and Ogmore Railway was o ...

* NCJR - Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway * NDR -

* SDR - South Devon Railway * SWMR -

South Wales Mineral Railway The South Wales Mineral Railway was a railway built to serve collieries in the upper Afan Valley, and bring their output to a dock at Briton Ferry, in South Wales. It opened in stages, in 1861 and 1863. It was built on the broad gauge and had s ...

* S&WR -

Severn and Wye Railway The Severn and Wye Railway began as an early tramroad network established in the Forest of Dean to facilitate the carriage of minerals to watercourses for onward conveyance. It was based on Lydney, where a small harbour was constructed, and open ...

* TBR -

Torbay and Brixham Railway The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a broad gauge railway in England which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham. It was a little over two miles long. Never more t ...

* WCR -

West Cornwall Railway The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway, and improved its main line, and built new sections between Penz ...

A

* ''Abbot'' (Literature:

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) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Abdul Medjid'' (Famous personality: Abdul Medjid of Turkey) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1877) * ''Acheron'' (Greek mythology:

Acheron The Acheron (; grc, Ἀχέρων ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ell, Αχέροντας ''Acherontas'') is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1866) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1887) * ''Achilles'' (Greek mythology:

Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus ( grc-gre, Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's '' Iliad''. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Pele ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 -1867) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1873 - 1892) * ''Actaeon'' (Greek mythology: Actaeon) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1868) * ''Ada'' : LVR and SDR 0-6-0ST (1862 - 1884) * ''Aeolus'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1837 - 1867) * ''Ajax'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1838 - 1840) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1871) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1860 - 1884) * ''Alexander'' (Famous personality: Alexander II of Russia) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1878) * ''Aligator'' (Powerful animal:

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) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1873) * ''Alma'' (British battle:

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) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1854 - 1872) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Amazon'' (Mythical peoples: Amazons) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1851 - 1877) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Amphion '' (Greek mythology:

Amphion There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology: * Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). Together, they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend accor ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1877) * ''Antelope'' (Fast animal: Antelope) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1884) * ''Antiquary'' (Literature:

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) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Apollo'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1838 - 1867) * ''Aquarius'' (Zodiac:

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) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1842 - 1870) * ''Arab'' (Classical peoples:

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Ariadne '' (Greek mythology:

Ariadne Ariadne (; grc-gre, Ἀριάδνη; la, Ariadne) was a Cretan princess in Greek mythology. She was mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus. She is best known for havi ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1852 - 1879) * ''Ariel'' (Biblical:

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) : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1838 - 1840) * ''Aries'' (Zodiac:

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) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1871) * ''Argo'' (Greek mythology: Argo) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1855) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1863 - 1892) * ''Argus'' (Greek mythology: see Argo) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1873) * ''Arrow'' (Speed: Arrow) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1864) * ''Assagais'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1875) * ''Atlas'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2 (1838 - 1872) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1863 - 1885) * ''Aurora'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1866) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1852 - 1878) * ''Avalanche'' (Power:

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) : GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST (1846 - 1865) * ''Avon '' (Geography: River Avon) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1877) * ''Avonside'' (Engineer: see

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) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (c.1865 - 1892) * ''Azalia'' (Flower: Azalea) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1864 - 1872)

B

* ''Bacchus'' (Roman mythology:

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) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1837 - 1842) * ''Balaklava'' (British battle:

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) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1854 - 1871) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892) * ''Banshee '' (Irish mythology:

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1879) * ''Barum'' : NDR 2-2-2- (1855 - 1870) * ''Bath'' (Geography: Bath) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1874) * ''Bee'' (Insect: Bee) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1874) * ''Behemoth'' (Biblical: Behemoth) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1873) * ''Bellerophon'' (Greek mythology: Bellerophon) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1870) * ''Bellona'' (Roman mythology:

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) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Bergion'' : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1870) * ''Berkeley'' (Geography:

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) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1856) * ''Bey'' (Leader of people:

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) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1872) * ''Beyer'' (Famous engineer:

Charles Beyer Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer) (14 May 1813 – 2 June 1876) was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1887) * ''Birmingham'' (Geography:

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) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1873) * ''Bithon'' : GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST (1854 - 1871) * ''Blenkensop'' (Famous engineer:

John Blenkinsop John Blenkinsop (1783 – 22 January 1831) was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. He was born in Felling, County Durham, the son of a stonemason and was app ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Boyne '' (Geography:

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) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1872) * ''Briarcus'' : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1870) * ''Brigand'' : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1849 - 1873) * ''Bright Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1864) * ''Brindley'' (Famous engineer:

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) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1879) * ''Bristol'' (Geography:

) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1865 - 1873) * ''Brontes'' (Greek mythology: Brontes) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1872) * ''Brunel'' (Famous engineer:

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "on ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1879) * ''Brutus'' (Roman personality: Marcus Junius Brutus) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1874) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1862 - 1884) * ''Buffalo'' (Animal: Buffalo) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1865) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1892) * ''Bulkeley'' : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1865 - 1872) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1890) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Bury'' (Famous engineer:

Edward Bury Edward Bury (22 October 1794 – 25 November 1858) was an English locomotive manufacturer. Born in Salford, Lancashire, he was the son of a timber merchant and was educated at Chester. Career By 1823 he was a partner in Gregson and Bury's ste ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1873)

C

* ''Caesar'' (leader of people:

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) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1880) * ''Caliban'' (Shakespear character:

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) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1873) * ''Caliph '' (Leadrer of people:

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) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1878) * ''Cambyses '' (Leader of people:

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) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1877) * ''Camel'' (Animal: Camel) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1892) * ''Camelia'' (Flower:

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) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1863 - 1876) * ''Cancer'' (Zodiac:

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) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1874) * ''Capricornus'' (Zodiac: Capricorn) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1842 - 1870) * ''Castor'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1874) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1865 - 1882) * ''Cato'' (Roman personality: Cato) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1871) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1863 - 1877) * ''Centaur'' (Greek mythology: Centaur) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1867) * ''Cerebus'' (Greek mythology:

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) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1866) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Ceres'' (Roman mythology:

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) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1877) * ''Champion'' (Power:

Champion A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1878) * ''Charon'' (Greek mythology: Charon) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1878) * ''Cheltenham'' (Geography: Cheltenham) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1856) * ''Chester'' (Geography: Chester) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1873) * ''Chronus'' (Greek mythology:

Chronos Chronos (; grc-gre, Χρόνος, , "time"), also spelled Khronos or Chronus, is a personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Tita ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1878) * ''Cicero'' (Roman personality:

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1871) * ''Clyde'' (Geography: River Clyde) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1858 - 1872) * ''Coeur de Lion'' (Literary: see The Waverley Novels) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Comet'' (Speed:

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1871) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1851 - 1884) * ''Coquette'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1875) * ''Cornwall'' (Geography:

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

) : NCJR 0-6-0T * ''Corsair'' : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1849 - 1873) * ''Cossack'' (Classical peoples: Cossack) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1880) * ''Courier'' (Speed:

Courier A courier is a person or organisation that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1877) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Creedy'' (Geography:

River Creedy The River Creedy is a small river in Devon, England. It gives its name to the local town or ''ton'' of Crediton, which is on its west bank, and to several local historic estates, namely ''Creedy Hilion'', ''Creedy Peitevin'' (later called ''Creed ...

)

North Devon Railway Creedy at Barnstaple

: NDR 2-4-0 (1855 - 1877) * ''Creese'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1866) * ''Creon'' (Greek mythology:

Creon Creon may refer to: Greek history * Creon, the first annual eponymous archon of Athens, 682–681 BC Greek mythology * Creon (king of Thebes), mythological king of Thebes * Creon (king of Corinth), father of Creusa/Glauce in Euripides' ''Medea' ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1872) * ''Crimea'' (British battles:

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1876) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Crow'' (Bird:

Crow A crow is a bird of the genus '' Corvus'', or more broadly a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. Crows are generally black in colour. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not pinned scientifica ...

) : SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892) * ''Cupid'' (Roman mythology:

Cupid and Psyche Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from ''Metamorphoses'' (also called '' The Golden Ass''), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between P ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1874) * ''Cyclops'' (Greek mythology: Cyclops) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1865) * ''Cyprus'' (Greek mythology: birthplace of

Aphrodite Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols inclu ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1878) * ''Czar'' (Leader of people:

Czar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the t ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1871)

D

* ''Damon'' (Greek mythology:

Damon and Pythias The story of Damon (; grc-gre, Δάμων, gen. Δάμωνος) and Pythias (; or ; or Phintias, ) is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 11870) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1852 - 1876) * ''Dart'' (Speed:

Dart Dart or DART may refer to: * Dart, the equipment in the game of darts Arts, entertainment and media * Dart (comics), an Image Comics superhero * Dart, a character from ''G.I. Joe'' * Dart, a ''Thomas & Friends'' railway engine character * Dar ...

; Geography:

River Dart The River Dart is a river in Devon, England, that rises high on Dartmoor and flows for to the sea at Dartmouth. Name Most hydronyms in England derive from the Brythonic language (from which the river's subsequent names ultimately derive fr ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1867) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1863 - 1885) : NDR 2-2-2 (1868 - 1877) * ''Defiance'' : BGR / NDR 0-6-0 (1844 - 1867) * ''Dewrance'' : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Diana'' (Greek mythology: Diana) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1877) * ''Dido'' (Classical ruler:

) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1872) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1860 - 1877) * ''Djerid'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Dog Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1839 -1869) * ''Dragon'' (Mythological animal: Dragon) GWR Dragon at Taunton 1892

: GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1872) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1873 - 1892) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Dreadnought'' : BGR / NDR 0-6-0 (1844 - 1863) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1871) * ''Dromedary'' (Animal:

Dromedary The dromedary (''Camelus dromedarius'' or ;), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large even-toed ungulate, of the genus ''Camelus'', with one hump on its back. It is the tallest of the three species of ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1866) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1873 - 1892) * ''Druid'' (Classical peoples: Druid) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1879)

E

* ''Eagle'' (Bird:

Eagle Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, j ...

) : GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2 (1838 - 1871) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1876) * ''Eclipse'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1864) * ''Electra'' (Greek mythology: Electra) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1867) * ''Elephant'' (Animal:

Elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1892) * ''Elk'' (Animal:

Elk The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...

) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1877) * ''Emperor'' (Leader of people:

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

)

: GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1873) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1873 - 1892) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Erebus'' (Greek mythology:

Erebus In Greek mythology, Erebus (; grc, Ἔρεβος, Érebos, "deep darkness, shadow".), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities. Hesiod's ''Theogony'' identifies him as one of the first five beings in exis ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1873) * ''Esk'' (Geography: River Esk) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1880) * ''Estaffette'' : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1884) * ''Ethon'' (Greek mythology: Ethon) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1863 - 1883) * ''Etna'' (Geography: Etna) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) : CCR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1864 - 1892) * ''Eupatoria'' (British battle: Eupatoria) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1876) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Euripides'' (Greek personality:

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1855 - 1871) * ''Europa'' (Greek mythology:

Europa Europa may refer to: Places * Europe * Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace * Europa (Seville Metro), Seville, Spain; a station on the Seville Metro * Europa City, Paris, France; a planned development * Europa Cliff ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1892) * ''Evening Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1839 - 1871) * ''Exe'' (Geography:

River Exe The River Exe ( ) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 mile ...

) : GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2 (1846 - 1851?) : NDR 2-2-2 (1856 - 1870)

F

* ''Falcon'' (Bird:

Falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 -1867) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1852 - 1878) * ''Fenton'' (Famous engineer:

James Fenton James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Fire Ball'' (Power: Fireball) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1866) * ''Fire Brand'' (Power: Firebrand) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1866) * ''Fire Fly'' (Insect: Firefly) GWR Firefly

: GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1870) : Fire Fly replica 2-2-2 (Built 2005) * ''Fire King'' : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1875) * ''Fleur-de-Lis'' (Flower:

Fleur-de-Lis The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol. The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1863 - 1872) * ''Flirt'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1852 - 1874) * ''Flora'' (Roman mythology:

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1872) * ''Florence'' (Geography:

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1874) * ''Forth'' (Geography:

River Forth The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. The Gaelic name for the upper reach of t ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1858 - 1878) * ''Forrester'' : S&WR 0-6-0T (1868? - 1872) * ''Foster'' (Famous engineer: James Foster) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1876) * ''Fowler'' (Famous engineer: John Fowler) : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1866 - 1872) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1887) * ''Friar Tuck'': : S&WR 0-6-0T (1870 - 1872) * ''Fulton'' (Famous engineer:

Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the (also known as ''Clermont''). In 1807, that steamboa ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1876) * ''Fury'' (Roman mythology:

Furies The Erinyes ( ; sing. Erinys ; grc, Ἐρινύες, pl. of ), also known as the Furies, and the Eumenides, were female chthonic deities of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology. A formulaic oath in the ''Iliad'' invokes the ...

) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1871)

G

* ''Ganymede'' (Greek mythology: Ganymede) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1878) * ''Gazelle'' (Fast animal:

Gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . This article also deals with the seven species included in two further genera, '' Eudorcas'' and '' Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third ...

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1879) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1865) * ''Gemini'' (Zodiac:

Gemini Gemini may refer to: Space * Gemini (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac ** Gemini in Chinese astronomy * Project Gemini, the second U.S. crewed spaceflight program * Gemini Observatory, consisting of telescopes in the Norther ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1866) * ''Geryon'' (Greek mythology: Geryon) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1876) * ''Giaour'' (Literature:

The Giaour ''The Giaour'' is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Oriental romances. ''The Giaour'' proved to be a great success when published, consolidati ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1852 - 1880) * ''Giraffe'' (Animal: Giraffe) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1872) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1877) * ''Gladiator'' (Power: Gladiator) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1877) * ''Gloucester'' (Geography:

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1873) * ''Glyncorrwg'' (Geography:

Glyncorrwg Glyncorrwg is a village in the Afan Valley, in southern Wales. Glyncorrwg is also the name of an electoral ward and formerly a community covering the village and surrounding countryside, in Neath Port Talbot county borough. Glyncorrwg community c ...

) : SWMR 0-4-2ST (1864 - 1872) * ''Gnat'' (Insect:

Gnat A gnat () is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. They can be both biting and non-biting. Most often they fly in large ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1874) * ''Goat'' (Animal:

Goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

) : SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1893) * ''Goliah'' (Biblical: Goliath) : GWR Hercules class 0-6-0 (1842 - 1871) : SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST (1855 - 1885) * ''Gooch'' (Famous engineer:

Daniel Gooch Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Locomotive Superintendent, Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Rai ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Gorgon'' (Greek mythology:

Gorgon A Gorgon ( /ˈɡɔːrɡən/; plural: Gorgons, Ancient Greek: Γοργών/Γοργώ ''Gorgṓn/Gorgṓ'') is a creature in Greek mythology. Gorgons occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature. While descriptions of Gorgons vary, the te ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1878) : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1892) * ''Great Britain'' (Geography:

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1880) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Great Western'' (Railway: Great Western Railway) : GWR 2-2-2 (1846) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1846 - 1870) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892) * ''Greyhound'' (Fast animal:

Greyhound The English Greyhound, or simply the Greyhound, is a breed of dog, a sighthound which has been bred for coursing, greyhound racing and hunting. Since the rise in large-scale adoption of retired racing Greyhounds, the breed has seen a resurgenc ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1866) * ''Gyfeillon'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1879)

H

* ''Hackworth'' (Famous engineer:

Timothy Hackworth Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Youth and early wor ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Hades'' (Greek mythology: Hades) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1878) * ''Harpy'' (Greek mythology: Harpy) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841- 1873) * ''Hawk'' (Bird: Hawk) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1865) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1886) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Hawthorn'' (Famous engineer: see

Hawthorn Leslie and Company R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilder and locomotive manufacturer. The company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982. History The company was formed ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1876) * ''Hebe'' (Greek mythology: Hebe) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0(1852 - 1877) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1860 - 1877) * ''Hecate'' (Greek mythology:

Hecate Hecate or Hekate, , ; grc-dor, Ἑκάτᾱ, Hekátā, ; la, Hecatē or . is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, snakes, or accompanied by dogs, and in later periods depict ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1867) * ''Hecla'' (Geography: Hecla) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1864) : CCR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1864 - 1892) * ''Hector'' (Greek mythology:

Hector In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1866) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1860 - 1892) * ''Hecuba'' (Greek mythology:

Hecuba Hecuba (; also Hecabe; grc, Ἑκάβη, Hekábē, ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War. Description Hecuba was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the ''Chronography'' as "da ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1873) * ''Hedley'' (Famous engineer:

William Hedley William Hedley (13 July 1779 – 9 January 1843) was born in Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was instrumental in several major innovations in early railway devel ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Hercules'' (Roman mythology:

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the ...

) : GWR Hercules class 0-6-0 (1842 - 1870) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1889) SDR Heron 1872

* ''Hereford'' (Geography: Hereford) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1872) * ''Hero'' (Mythology:

Hero A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''her ...

) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1871) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1860 - 1887) * ''Heron'' (Bird: Heron) : CCR and SDR 4-4-0T (1861 - 1872) : SDR 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1892) * ''Hesiod'' (Greek personality:

Hesiod Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1855 - 1872) * ''Hesperus'' (Roman mythology:

Hesperus In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; grc, Ἕσπερος, Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is one of the '' Astra Planeta''. A son of the dawn goddess Eos ( Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, ...

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1876) * ''Hirondelle'' (Bird: French for

Swallow The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The ...

)

: GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1873) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873 - 1890) * ''Homer'' (Greek personality:

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873) * ''Horace'' (Roman personality: Horace) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1880) * ''Hornet'' (Insect:

Hornet Hornets (insects in the genus ''Vespa'') are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to their close relatives yellowjackets. Some species can reach up to in length. They are distinguished from other vespine wasps by th ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1873) * ''Humber'' (Geography:

River Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between t ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1883) * ''Hurricane'' (Power:

) : GWR Harrison 0-4-0+6 (1838 - 1839) * ''Hydra'' (Greek mythology:

Lernaean Hydra The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna ( grc-gre, Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, ''Lernaîa Hýdra''), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a snake, serpentine water monster in Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Le ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1865)

I

* ''Iago'' (Literature:

Iago Iago () is a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''Othello'' (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia, who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago ha ...

) : GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST (1852 - 1881) * ''Industry'' : BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1856) * ''Inkermann'' (British

Battle of Inkermann The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, and ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1877) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Iris'' (Greek mythology:

Iris Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye *Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris or IRIS may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional ent ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1874) * ''Iron Duke'' (Famous personality: see

Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish soldier and Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Uni ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1871) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873- 1892) : Iron Duke replica 4-2-2 (Built 1985) * ''Ivanhoe'' (Literature: Ivanhoe) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Ixion'' (Greek mythology:

Ixion In Greek mythology, Ixion ( ; el, Ἰξίων, ''gen''.: Ἰξίονος means 'strong native') was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Family Ixion was the son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the not ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1879) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1853 - 1878)

J

* ''Janus'' (Greek mythology: Janus) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0(1854 - 1880) * ''Jason'' (Greek mythology:

Jason Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He ...

) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1870) * ''Javelin'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Jay'' (Bird:

Jay A jay is a member of a number of species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the Crow family, Corvidae. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian m ...

) : SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1875 - 1892) * ''John Gray'' : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1876) * ''Juno'' (Roman mythology

Juno Juno commonly refers to: *Juno (mythology), the Roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods *Juno (film), ''Juno'' (film), 2007 Juno may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters *Juno, in the film ''Jenny, Juno'' *Ju ...

) : GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST (1852 - 1872) : SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST (1864 - 1884) * ''Jupiter'' (Roman mythology:

Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth t ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1867) * ''Juvenal'' (Roman personality:

Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the '' Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873)

K

* ''Kaiser'' (Leader of people: Kaiser) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1872) * ''Kertch'' (British battle: Kertch) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 0 1872) * ''Khan'' (Leader of people: Khan) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1872) * ''King'' : SDR 2-4-0T (1871 - 1878)

L

* ''Lagoon'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1876) * ''Lalla Rookh'' (Literary:

Lalla-Rookh ''Lalla Rookh'' is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consis ...

) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1872) * ''Lance'' (Speed:

Lance A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1851 - 1873) : SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST (1875 - 1892) * ''Lark'' (Bird:

Lark Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark oc ...

) : SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892) * ''Laurel'' (Tree:

Bay Laurel ''Laurus nobilis'' is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves. It is in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cookin ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1864 - 1872) * ''Leander'' (Greek mythology:

Hero and Leander Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero ( grc, Ἡρώ, ''Hērṓ''; ), a priestess of Aphrodite (Venus in Roman mythology) who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont, and Leander ( grc, Λέ ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1852 - 1875) * ''Leo'' (Zodiac: Leo) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) * ''Leonidas'' (Classical ruler:

Leonidas I Leonidas I (; grc-gre, Λεωνίδας; died 19 September 480 BC) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod Heracles. Leonidas I was son of Kin ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1863 - 1881) * ''Leopard'' (Fast animal: Leopard) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1878) : SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1893) * ''Leopold'' (Famous personality:

Leopold I of Belgium * nl, Leopold Joris Christiaan Frederik * en, Leopold George Christian Frederick , image = NICAISE Leopold ANV.jpg , caption = Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856 , reign = 21 July 1831 – , predecessor = Erasme Lou ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1877) * ''Lethe'' (Greek mythology:

Lethe In Greek mythology, Lethe (; Ancient Greek: ''Lḗthē''; , ), also referred to as Lemosyne, was one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the ''Ameles potamos'' (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cav ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1878) * ''Libra'' (Zodiac:

Libra Libra generally refers to: * Libra (constellation), a constellation * Libra (astrology), an astrological sign based on the star constellation Libra may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Libra'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo Musi ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1871) * ''Liffey'' (Geography:

River Liffey The River Liffey ( Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the Riv ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1872) * ''Lightning'' (Speed:

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1878) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892) * ''Lily'' (Flower:

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1864 - 1872) * ''Lion'' (Powerful animal: Lion) : GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2 (1838 - 1847) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1883) * ''Load Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Locke'' (Famous engineer:

Joseph Locke Joseph Locke FRSA (9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860) was a notable English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel as on ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1881) * ''Locust'' (Insect:

Locust Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstanc ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1876) * ''London'' (Geography:

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1865 - 1873) * ''Lord of the Isles'' (Leader of people: Lord of the Isles) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1851 - 1884) * ''Lucan'' (Roman personality: Lucan) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1855 - 1872) * ''Lucifer'' (Roman mythology:

Lucifer Lucifer is one of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus. The entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil. Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passa ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Lucretius'' (Roman personality:

Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus ( , ; – ) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem ''De rerum natura'', a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which usually is translated into En ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1872) * ''Luna'' (Roman mythology:

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Roma ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1863 - 1880) * ''Lynx'' (Fast animal: Lynx) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 -1870) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1876)

M

* ''Magi'' (Classical peoples:

Magi Magi (; singular magus ; from Latin '' magus'', cf. fa, مغ ) were priests in Zoroastrianism and the earlier religions of the western Iranians. The earliest known use of the word ''magi'' is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius t ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1879) * ''Magpie'' (Bird: Magpie) : CCR 4-4-0T (1861 - 1872) : SDR 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1889) * ''Mammoth'' (Powerful animal:

Mammoth A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus ''Mammuthus'', one of the many genera that make up the order of trunked mammals called proboscideans. The various species of mammoth were commonly equipped with long, curved tusks an ...

) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1873) * ''Mars'' (Roman mythology:

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...

) : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1840 - 1840) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1868) * ''Mazeppa'' (Literature: Mazeppa) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1868) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1885) * ''Medea'' (Greek mythology:

Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1873) * ''Medusa'' (Greek mythology:

Medusa In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1864) * ''Melling'' : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Mentor'' (Greek mythology:

Mentor Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and p ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1867) * ''Mercury'' (Roman mythology: Mercury) : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1839 - 1843) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1865) * ''Meridian'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1870) * ''Mersey'' (Geography:

River Mersey The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed par ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1879) * ''Meteor'' (Speed:

Meteor A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as mi ...

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1864) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1851 - 1881) * ''Metis'' (Greek mythology:

Metis Metis or Métis may refer to: Ethnic groups * Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and America whose distinct culture and language emerged after early intermarriage between First Nations peoples and early European settlers, prima ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1877) * ''Midas'' (Greek mythology:

Midas Midas (; grc-gre, Μίδας) was the name of a king in Phrygia with whom several myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house. The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1875) * ''Miles'' : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1866 - 1888) * ''Milo'' (Roman personality:

Titus Annius Milo Titus Annius Milo (died 48 BC) was a Roman political agitator. The son of Gaius Papius Celsus, he was adopted by his maternal grandfather, Titus Annius Luscus. In 52 BC, he was prosecuted for the murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher and exiled from ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1866) * ''Minerva'' (Roman mythology:

Minerva Minerva (; ett, Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of strategic war. From the second century BC onward, the Rom ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1877) * ''Minos'' (Greek mythology: Minos) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Mogul'' (Leader of people: Mogul) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1872) * ''Mole'' (Geography:

River Mole The River Mole is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flows northwest through Surrey for to the Thames at Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey distri ...

) : NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1870) * ''Monarch'' (Leader of people

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1879) * ''Moose'' (Animal:

Moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...

) : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1846 - 1870) * ''Morning Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1839 - 1869) * ''Mosquito'' (Insect:

Mosquito Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1877) * ''Murdoch'' (Famous engineer:

William Murdoch William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten yea ...

) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1892) * ''Myrtle'' (Flower: Myrtle) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1864 - 1873)

N

* ''Napoleon'' (Famous personality: Napoleon I of France) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1880) * ''Nelson'' (Famous people:

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1873) * ''Nemesis'' (Greek mythology: Nemesis) GWR Nemesis at Trowbridge

: GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1877) * ''Neptune'' (Roman mythology: Neptune) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1838 - 1840) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1881) * ''Nero'' (Roman personality:

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unti ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1877) * ''Newport'' (Geography: Newport) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1874) * ''Newquay'' (Geography:

Newquay Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...

) : NCJR 2-4-0T (c.1869 - 1874) * ''Nimrod'' (Classical leader:

Nimrod Nimrod (; ; arc, ܢܡܪܘܕ; ar, نُمْرُود, Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1877) * ''Nora Creina'' (Literary muse:''Lesbia hath a beaming eye'') : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1872) * ''North Star'' (Astronomy:

Pole star A pole star or polar star is a star, preferably bright, nearly aligned with the axis of a rotating astronomical body. Currently, Earth's pole stars are Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris), a bright magnitude-2 star aligned approximately with its ...

) : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1837 - 1871) : North Star replica 2-2-2 (Built 1925)

O

* ''Octavia'' (Roman personality:

Claudia Octavia Claudia Octavia (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a Roman empress. She was the daughter of the Emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina. After her mother's death and father's remarriage to her cousin Agrippina the Younger, she becam ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1873) * ''Olympus'' (Greek mythology:

Mount Olympus Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1879) * ''Orion'' (Greek personality:

Orion of Thebes Orion of Thebes (Greek: Ώρίων ό Θηβαίος, died c. 460s) was a 5th-century grammarian of Thebes (Egypt), the teacher of Proclus the neo-Platonist, and of Eudocia, the wife of Emperor Theodosius II. He taught at Alexandria, Caesarea in Cap ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1867) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1853 - 1878) * ''Orpheus'' (Greek mythology:

Orpheus Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1877) * ''Oscar'' (Famous personality:

Oscar I of Sweden Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. The only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar i ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1880) * ''Orson'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1874) * ''Osiris'' (Egyptian mythology:

) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1853 - 1873) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1877) : SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST (1875 - 1892) * ''Ostrich'' (Bird:

Ostrich Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus ''Struthio'' in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. There ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1865) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1852 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Otho'' (Famous personality:

Otto of Greece Otto (, ; 1 June 181526 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the monarchy on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed on 23 October 1862. The second son of King Ludw ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1880) * ''Ovid'' (Roman personality:

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873) * ''Owl'' (Bird:

Owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...

) : SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1893) * ''Oxford'' (Geography:

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1874)

P

* ''Pallas'' (Greek mythology:

Pallas Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pa ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1879) * ''Pandora'' (Greek mythology: Pandora) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1863 - 1880) * ''Panthea'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1856 - 1878) * ''Panther'' (Powerful animal:

Panther Panther may refer to: Large cats *Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis'' **'' Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards. *** Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in So ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1869) * ''Pasha'' (Leader of people:

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1876) * ''Peacock'' (Famous engineer: Richard Peacock) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1875) * ''Pearl'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1852 - 1878) * ''Pegasus'' (Greek mythology: Pegasus) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1868) * ''Pelops'' (Greek mythology:

Pelops In Greek mythology, Pelops (; ) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (, lit. "Pelops' Island"). He was the son of Tantalus and the father of Atreus. He was venerated at Olympia, where his cult developed into the founding myth of the O ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Penn'' : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Penwith'' (Geography:

Penwith Penwith (; kw, Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after ...

) : WCR 2-4-0ST (1872 - 1888) * ''Peri'' : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1846 - 1870) * ''Perseus'' (Greek mythology: Perseus) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1880) * ''Phlegethon'' (Greek mythology:

Phlegethon In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon ( Φλεγέθων, English translation: "flaming") or Pyriphlegethon (Πυριφλεγέθων, English translation: "fire-flaming") was one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1866) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1887) * ''Phoenix'' (Greek mythology:

Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1870) : NCJR (c.1869 - 1874) * ''Pices'' (Zodiac:

Pisces Pisces may refer to: * Pisces, an obsolete (because of land vertebrates) taxonomic superclass including all fish * Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign * Pisces (constellation), a constellation **Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1842 - 1874) * ''Pilot'' : BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1851) * ''Pioneer'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1877) * ''Pirate'' (Literary: The Pirate) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Planet'' : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1839 - 1840) * ''Plato'' (Greek personality:

Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

) : GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST (1854 - 1883) * ''Plutarch'' (Greek personality:

Plutarch Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for hi ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1875) * ''Pluto'' (Roman mythology:

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1892) * ''Plutus'' (Greek mythology:

Plutus In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Plutus (; grc-gre, Πλοῦτος, Ploûtos, wealth) is the god and the personification of wealth, and the son of the goddess of agriculture Demeter and the mortal Iasion. Family Plutus is most common ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1874) * ''Plym'' (Geography:

River Plym The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. It runs from Dartmoor in the centre of the county southwest to meet the River Meavy, then south towards Plymouth Sound. The river is popular with canoeists, and the Plym Valley Railway runs alongsi ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1859 - 1875) * ''Polar Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1870) * ''Pollux'' (Greek mythology:

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1866) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1865 - 1892) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Premier'' : GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2 (1837 - 1840) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1869) * ''Priam'' (Classical ruler: Priam) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1864) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1851 - 1876) * ''Prince'' : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1846 - 1870) : SDR 2-4-0ST (1871 - 1892) * ''Princess'' : SWMR 0-6-0ST (1863 - 1872) * ''Prometheus'' (Greek mythology:

Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning " forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, kn ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1887) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892) * ''Proserpine'' (Greek mythology: Proserpine) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1873) * ''Psyche'' (Greek mythology:

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1874) * ''Pyracmon'' : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1872) * ''Python'' (Greek mythology:

) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1874 - 1892)

Q

* ''Queen'' : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1847 - 1870) : TBR 0-4-0T (1868 - 1882)

R

* ''Raven'' (Bird: Raven) : SDR and TBR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892) * ''Reading'' (Geography:

) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1874) * ''Red Gauntlet'' (Literary:

Redgauntlet ''Redgauntlet'' (1824) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels, set primarily in Dumfriesshire, southwest Scotland, in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson (a point first made by Andrew Lang) as "in a sense, the ...

) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Red Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1865) * ''Redruth'' (Geography: Redruth) : WCR 0-6-0ST (1871 - 1887) * ''Regulus'' (Roman mythology: see

Basilisk In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk ( or ) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes. According to the ''Naturalis Historia'' of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene i ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1883) * ''Remus'' (Roman mythology: Romulus and Remus) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1879) : SDR Remus class 0-6-0ST (1866 - 1886) * ''Rennie'' (Famous engineer: John Rennie) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1878) * ''Rhea'' (Greek mythology: Rhea) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1872) * ''Rhondda'' (Geography: River Rhondda) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1859 - 1877) * ''Rising Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1871) * ''Rob Roy'' (Literary: Rob Roy) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1872) * ''Roberts'' (Famous engineer: Richard Roberts) GWR Roberts at Swindon 1892

: GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Robin Hood'' (Literature:

) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) : S&WR 0-6-0T (1868 - 1872) * ''Rocket'' (Speed:

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST (1851 - 1877) * ''Rougemont'' : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1879) * ''Romulus'' (Roman mythology: Romulus and Remus) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1877) : SDR Remus class 0-6-0ST (1866 - 1892) * ''Rook'' (Bird:

Rook Rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the corvid family. Rook or rooks may also refer to: Games *Rook (chess), a piece in chess *Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game Military * Sukhoi Su-25 or Rook, a close air support aircraft * USS ...

) : Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892) * ''Rosa'' : LVR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1863 - 1874) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1874 - 1885) * ''Rose'' (Flower:

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1863 - 1877) * ''Rover'' (Speed:

Rover Rover may refer to: People * Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian * Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer * Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist Places * Rover, Arkansas, US * Rover, Missouri, US ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1871) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892) * ''Royal Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1871) * ''Ruby'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1881)

S

* ''Sagittarius'' (Zodiac: Sagittarius) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1842 - 1871) * ''Salus'' (Greek mythology:

Salus Salus ( la, salus, "safety", "salvation", "welfare") was the Roman goddess of safety and well-being (welfare, health and prosperity) of both the individual and the state. She is sometimes equated with the Greek goddess Hygieia, though their fu ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1877) * ''Sampson'' (Biblical:

Sampson Sampson may refer to: Military * , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships * Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class * Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar ...

) : GWR Hercules class 0-6-0 (1842 - 1870) : SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST (1855 - 1884) * ''Sappho'' (Greek personality: Sappho) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873) * ''Saturn'' (Roman mythology: Saturn) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1878) * ''Saunders'' : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1866 - 1872) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1892) * ''Scorpio'' (Zodiac: Scorpio) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1872) * ''Sebastopol'' (British battle:

Sebastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1880) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892) * ''Sedley'' : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1885) * ''Seneca'' (Roman personality:

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (; 65 AD), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1872) * ''Severn'' (Geography:

River Severn , name_etymology = , image = SevernFromCastleCB.JPG , image_size = 288 , image_caption = The river seen from Shrewsbury Castle , map = RiverSevernMap.jpg , map_size = 288 , map_c ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1873) * ''Severus'' (Roman personality:

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary suc ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1878) * ''Shah'' (Leader of people:

Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1872) * ''Shamrock'' (Flower: Shamrock) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1863 - 1877) * ''Shannon'' (Geography: River Shannon) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1880) * ''Sharp'' (Famous engineer: Thomas Sharp) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1887) * ''Shrewsbury'' (Geography: Shrewsbury) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1872) * ''Shooting Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1871) * ''Sibyl'' (Greek mythology:

Sibyl The sibyls (, singular ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by PausaniasPausanias 10.12.1 when he described local tradi ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1878) * ''Sir Watkin'' : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1866 - 1892) * ''Sirius'' (Star:

Sirius Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word , or , meaning 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Alpha CM ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1880) * ''Slaughter'' (Famous engineer: Edward Slaughter) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1865) * ''Smeaton'' (Famous engineer:

John Smeaton John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the fi ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1877) * ''Snake'' (Animal:

Snake Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...

) : GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2 (1838 - 1869) * ''Sol'' (

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...

: Sol) : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1892) * ''Sphinx'' (Egyptian mythology:

Sphinx A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1873) * ''Spit Fire'' : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1878) * ''Stag'' (Fast animal: Stag) : SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1893) * ''Star'' : NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1870) * ''Statius'' (Roman personality:

Statius Publius Papinius Statius ( Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; ; ) was a Greco-Roman poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving Latin poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1855 - 1871) * ''Stentor'' (Greek personality:

Stentor In Greek mythology, Stentor (Ancient Greek: Στέντωρ; ''gen''.: Στέντορος) was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. Mythology Stentor is mentioned briefly in Homer's ''Iliad'' in which Hera in the guise of Stent ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1842 - 1867) * ''Stephenson'' (Famous engineer:

George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians In the history of the United Kingdom and the ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1878) * ''Steropes'' (Greek mythology: Steropes) : GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0 (1848 - 1871) * ''Stewart'' (Famous engineer: Charles Stewart) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1877) : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T (1877 - 1892) * ''Stiletto'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) * ''Stromboli'' (Geography: Stromboli) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1872 - 1889) * ''Stroud'' (Geography: Stroud) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855) * ''Sultan'' (Leader of people: Sultan) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1874) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892) * ''Sun'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1873) * ''Sunbeam'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1870) * ''Swallow'' (Fast bird:

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1871) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892) * ''Swindon'' (Geography: Swindon) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1865 - 1874) * ''Sylla'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1878) * ''Sylph'' : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1847 - 1870)

T

* ''Talbot'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1877) * ''Tamar'' (Geography:

River Tamar The Tamar (; kw, Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A part of the Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities. T ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1859 - 1880) * ''Tantalus'' (Greek mythology:

Tantalus Tantalus ( grc, Τάνταλος ) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the wate ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1876) * ''Tartar'' (Classical peoples:

Tartars Tartary ( la, Tartaria, french: Tartarie, german: Tartarei, russian: Тартария, Tartariya) or Tatary (russian: Татария, Tatariya) was a blanket term used in Western European literature and cartography for a vast part of Asia bound ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1876) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892) * ''Taurus'' (Zodiac:

Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus * '' Bos tauru ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) : SDR 0-6-0ST (1869 - 1892) * ''Taw'' (Geography:

River Taw The River Taw () rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses North Devon and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel, having formed a large ...

) : NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - c.1860) * ''Tay'' (Geography: River Tay) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1858 - 1881) * ''Teign'' (Geography:

River Teign The River Teign is a river in the county of Devon, England. It is long and rises on Dartmoor, becomes an estuary just below Newton Abbot and reaches the English Channel at Teignmouth. Toponymy The river-name 'Teign' is first attested in an An ...

) : GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2 (1846 - 1851?) * ''Telford'' (Famous engineer:

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scot ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1879) * ''Telica'' (Geography: Telica) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1870) * ''Thames'' (Geography:

River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1877) * ''Theocritus'' (Greek personality:

Theocritus Theocritus (; grc-gre, Θεόκριτος, ''Theokritos''; born c. 300 BC, died after 260 BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry. Life Little is known of Theocritus beyond what can be inferred from h ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873) * ''Theseus'' (Greek mythology:

Theseus Theseus (, ; grc-gre, Θησεύς ) was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. The myths surrounding Theseus his journeys, exploits, and friends have provided material for fiction throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes describ ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1862 - 1880) * ''Thistle'' (Flower:

Thistle Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1863 - 1874) * ''Thunderer'' : GWR Harrison 2-2-2+6 (1838 - 1839) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1874) * ''Tiger'' (Powerful animal:

Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1873) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1860 - 1884) * ''Timour'' GWR broad gauge locomotives

: GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1871) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873 - 1892) * ''Tiny'' : SDR 0-4-0vb (1868 - 1883) * ''Titan'' (Greek mythology: Titan) : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1886) * ''Tite'' : NDR 2-2-2 (1856 - 1870) * ''Tityos'' : GWR Hercules class 0-6-0 (1842 - 1870) * ''Tornado'' (Power:

Tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1881) : SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST (1854 - 1884) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892) * ''Trafalgar'' (British battle:

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1871) * ''Trevethick'' (Famous engineer:

Richard Trevithick Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He w ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1878) * ''Tugwell'' : BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1856) * ''Tweed'' (Geography:

River Tweed The River Tweed, or Tweed Water ( gd, Abhainn Thuaidh, sco, Watter o Tweid, cy, Tuedd), is a river long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Tweed cloth derives its name from its association with the ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1874) * ''Tyne'' (Geography: River Tyne) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (18759 -1877) * ''Typhon'' (Greek mythology:

Typhon Typhon (; grc, Τυφῶν, Typhôn, ), also Typhoeus (; grc, Τυφωεύς, Typhōeús, label=none), Typhaon ( grc, Τυφάων, Typháōn, label=none) or Typhos ( grc, Τυφώς, Typhṓs, label=none), was a monstrous serpentine giant an ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1879)

U

* ''Ulysses'' (Literature: Ulysses) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1872) * ''Una'' : LVR and SDR 0-6-0ST (1862 - 1892)

V

* ''Venus'' (Roman mythology:

) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1838 - 1868) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1870) : NDR 2-4-0 (1856 - 1870) * ''Vesper'' (Roman mythology: Vesper) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1879) * ''Vesta'' (Roman mythology: Vesta) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1864) * ''Vesuvius'' (Geography:

Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma- stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...

) : GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1846 - 1870) * ''Victor Emmanuel'' (Famous people:

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy en, Victor Emmanuel Maria Albert Eugene Ferdinand Thomas , house = Savoy , father = Charles Albert of Sardinia , mother = Maria Theresa of Austria , religion = Roman Catholicism , image_size = 252px , succession1 ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1878) * ''Victoria'' (Famous people:

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...

) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1856 - 1879) * ''Violet'' (Flower:

Violet Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * Viol ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1864 - 1872) * ''Viper'' (Animal:

Viper The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, and various other isolated islands. They are venomous and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs tha ...

) : GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2 (1838 - 1868) * ''Virgil'' (Roman personality:

Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: th ...

) : GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1854 - 1873) * ''Virgo'' (Zodiac:

Virgo Virgo may refer to: *Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac * Virgo (constellation), a constellation *Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo *Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy * Virgo Su ...

) : GWR Leo class 2-4-0 (1841 - 1870) * ''Vixen'' (Animal:

Vixen Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1854 - 1879) * ''Volcano'' (Power:

Volcano A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...

) : GWR Caesar class 0-6-0 (1851 - 1874) : SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST (1854 - 1877) * ''Vulcan'' (Greek mythology:

Vulcan Vulcan may refer to: Mythology * Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home p ...

) : GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2 (1837 - 1868) : SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST (1874 - 1892) * ''Vulture'' (Bird:

Vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1870)

W

* ''Warhawk'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1877) * ''Warlock'' (Magician:

Warlock A warlock is a male practitioner of witchcraft. Etymology and terminology The most commonly accepted etymology derives '' warlock'' from the Old English '' wǣrloga'', which meant "breaker of oaths" or "deceiver" and was given special applicati ...

) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1874) : GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892) * ''Warrior'' (Power:

Warrior A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have be ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1861 - 1872) * ''Wasp'' (Insect:

Wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. ...

) : GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T (1862 - 1875) * ''Watt'' (Famous engineer: James Watt) : GWR Victoria class 2-4-0 (1863 - 1880) * ''Waverley'' (Literary:

Waverley Waverley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott ** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel * Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Stree ...

) : GWR Waverley class 4-4-0 (1855 - 1876) * ''Wear'' (Geography: River Wear) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1859 - 1879) * ''Weasel'' (Animal:

Weasel Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender b ...

) : SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1882) * ''Wellington'' (Famous people:

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish soldier and Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Uni ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1873) * ''Western Star'' : GWR Star class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1866) * ''Whetham'' : GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T (1866 - 1889) * ''Wickwar'' (Geography:

) : BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1853) * ''Wild Fire'' (Power:

Wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identi ...

) : GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2 (1840 - 1867) * ''Windsor'' (Geography:

) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1873) * ''Witch'' : GWR Prince class 2-2-2 (1846 - 1870) * ''Wizard'' (Magician: Wizard) : GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1875) * ''Wolf'' (Animal:

Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1873) : SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST (1859 - 1878) * ''Wolverhampton'' (Geography:

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...

) : GWR Swindon class 0-6-0 (1866 - 1874) * ''Wood'' : GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0 (1866 - 1892) * ''Wye'' (Geography: River Wye) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1859 - 1879)

X

* ''Xerxes'' (Classical ruler:

Xerxes I of Persia Xerxes I ( peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ; grc-gre, Ξέρξης ; – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of D ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1863 - 1882)

Y

* ''Yataghan'' : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1871) * ''Yeo'' (Geography: River Yeo : NDR 2-2-2 (1857 - 1877)

Z

* ''Zebra'' (Animal:

) : GWR Sun class 2-2-2 (1841 - 1871) : SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST (1866 - 1892) * ''Zetes'' (Greek mythology:

Zetes The Boreads ( grc, Βορεάδαι, Boreádai) are the "wind brothers" in Greek mythology. They consist of Zetes (also Zethes) ( grc, Ζήτης) and Calaïs ( grc, Κάλαϊς). Their place of origin was Thrace, home of their father Boreas (No ...

) : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1855 - 1877) * ''Zina'' : GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1853 - 1874)

References

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